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The subjective warrant and recruitment into physical education

University of British Columbia

The purposes of this study were to review and synthesize a wide variety of occupational choice and professional socialization literature in order to develop and test a theoretical framework for the subjective warrant for physical education. Forty subjects from six schools in the Vancouver School Board served as subjects for the study. There were six categories of subjects in this study, males and females who were decided on a career in physical education, who were attracted to a career in physical education and who were high achievers in sport and physical education but had decided against a career in physical education. A written questionnaire, which was developed from the theoretical framework and pilot tested on both undergraduate physical education majors and grade 12 high school students, was administered to the subjects in small groups. The data from the study was analysed using content analysis and qualitative research methods. It was found that for a majority of individuals there existed a dominant subjective warrant for physical education. This subjective warrant was one in which a career in physical education was viewed as a career in teaching and coaching. A small minority of subjects in the study had subjective warrants that did not view teaching and coaching as the only career opportunities available in physical education. In addition, it was found that the majority of subjects who had rejected careers in physical education had subjective warrants in which a career in physical education The purposes of this study were to review and synthesize a wide variety of occupational choice and professional socialization literature in order to develop and test a theoretical framework for the subjective warrant for physical education. Forty subjects from six schools in the Vancouver School Board served as subjects for the study. There were six categories of subjects in this study, males and females who were decided on a career in physical education, who were attracted to a career in physical education and who were high achievers in sport and physical education but had decided against a career in physical education. A written questionnaire, which was developed from the theoretical framework and pilot tested on both undergraduate physical education majors and grade 12 high school students, was administered to the subjects in small groups. The data from the study was analysed using content analysis and qualitative research methods. It was found that for a majority of individuals there existed a dominant subjective warrant for physical education. This subjective warrant was one in which a career in physical education was viewed as a career in teaching and coaching. A small minority of subjects in the study had subjective warrants that did not view teaching and coaching as the only career opportunities available in physical education. In addition, it was found that the majority of subjects who had rejected careers in physical education had subjective warrants in which a career in physical education

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2010-04-23

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http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24109

Physical Education

University of British Columbia

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